Network information storage service providing method and apparatus for terminal

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging an IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, a security and safety related service, or the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT related technology. An embodiment of the present invention may provide an information providing method for a terminal and an apparatus for performing the same, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a registration request including a condition for providing information to an application; storing the condition for providing information; checking whether information corresponding to the condition for providing information has been collected; and when the information corresponding to the condition for providing information has been identified, providing the information to the application.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A method of providing information by a terminal, the method comprising:
 receiving a registration request including an information provision condition related to an application; 
 storing the information provision condition; 
 identifying whether information corresponding to the information provision condition is collected; 
 in case that the information corresponding to the information provision condition is identified, providing the information to the application; and 
 in case that the application is in an inactive state, switching the application to an active state and, in case that the application is in the active state, providing information on the terminal, 
 wherein the inactive state is a state in which the application does not use a memory of the terminal. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising identifying whether the application has a right to receive the information and, in case that it is determined that the application has the right, storing the information provision condition. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 2 , further comprising, in case that it is determined that the application has no right, rejecting the registration request including the information provision condition and maintaining an active state of the application. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the information provision condition includes location information. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 4 , wherein, in case that location information of the terminal is collected, it is determined whether the location information of the terminal corresponds to location information of the information provision condition. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the information provision condition includes a plurality of conditions and, in case that the plurality of conditions are included, includes information on a precedence relation or a priority relation. 
     
     
       7. A terminal, comprising:
 a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals; and 
 a controller configured to:
 collect information on the terminal, 
 receive a registration request including an information provision condition related to an application, 
 store the information provision condition, 
 identify whether information corresponding to the information provision condition is collected, 
 in case that the information corresponding to the information provision condition is identified, provide the information to the application, and 
 in case that the application is in an inactive state, the controller switches the application to an active state and, in case that the application is in the active state, provides information on the terminal, 
 
 wherein the inactive state is a state in which the application does not use a memory of the terminal. 
 
     
     
       8. The terminal of  claim 7 , wherein the controller is configured to identify whether the application has a right to receive the information and, in case that it is determined that the application has the right, store the information provision condition. 
     
     
       9. The terminal of  claim 8 , wherein, in case that it is determined that the application has no right, the controller is configured to reject the registration request including the information provision condition and maintain an active state of the application. 
     
     
       10. The terminal of  claim 7 , wherein the information provision condition includes location information, and in case that location information of the terminal is collected, the controller is configured to determine whether the location information of the terminal corresponds to location information of the information provision condition. 
     
     
       11. The terminal of  claim 7 , wherein the information provision condition includes a plurality of conditions and, in case that the plurality of conditions are included, includes information on a precedence relation or a priority relation.